A global review of rubber plantations: Impacts on ecosystem functions, mitigations, future directions, and policies for sustainable cultivation

AK Singh, W Liu, S Zakari, J Wu, B Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing global need for latex is driving rubber plantation (RP) expansion since the last
century, with> 2 Mha of cultivation area being established in the last decade. Southeast Asia …

Multifarious responses of forest soil microbial community toward climate change

M Meena, G Yadav, P Sonigra, A Nagda, T Mehta… - Microbial ecology, 2023 - Springer
Forest soils are a pressing subject of worldwide research owing to the several roles of
forests such as carbon sinks. Currently, the living soil ecosystem has become dreadful as a …

Differences in bacterial community structure and potential functions among Eucalyptus plantations with different ages and species of trees

Z Qu, B Liu, Y Ma, H Sun - Applied Soil Ecology, 2020 - Elsevier
Bacteria are the most abundant microbes in soil and play an important role in the carbon
and nitrogen cycles. Currently, China has become the country with the second largest …

Landscape composition and soil physical–chemical properties drive the assemblages of bacteria and fungi in conventional vegetable fields

U Kumar, HSA Saqib, W Islam, P Prashant, N Patel… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The soil microbiome is crucial for improving the services and functioning of agroecosystems.
Numerous studies have demonstrated the potential of soil physical–chemical properties in …

Decreased inorganic N supply capacity and turnover in calcareous soil under degraded rubber plantation in the tropical karst region

F Garousi, Z Shan, K Ni, H Yang, J Shan, J Cao… - Geoderma, 2021 - Elsevier
Investigating soil inorganic nitrogen (N) supply and availability can guide soil improvement
of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations in tropical regions, but the mechanisms controlling …

Tropical forest conversion to rubber plantation affects soil micro-& mesofaunal community & diversity

D Singh, JWF Slik, YS Jeon, KW Tomlinson, X Yang… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Tropical rainforests play important roles in carbon sequestration and are hot spots for
biodiversity. Tropical forests are being replaced by rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantations …

Soil microbiome dynamics associated with conversion of tropical forests to different rubber based land use management systems

A Mishra, D Singh, Z Hathi, HJ Purohit, MD Jessy… - Applied Soil …, 2023 - Elsevier
The biogeochemical cycles, carbon sequestration, and climate change all are significantly
influenced by tropical rainforests, which is one of the world's most productive ecosystems …

Tropical forest conversion to rubber plantation in southwest China results in lower fungal beta diversity and reduced network complexity

H Song, D Singh, KW Tomlinson, X Yang… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Despite the extensive, ongoing conversion of tropical forests to rubber plantation, the effects
of this land-use change on soil fungal community diversity and composition are still poorly …

Driving factors for soil fungal and bacterial community assembly in topical forest of China

G Lan, F Quan, C Yang, R Sun, B Chen, X Zhang… - Applied Soil …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the assembly of soil microbial communities of tropical forest is of great
significance for the protection of biodiversity in tropical areas. Many studies have been …

Tropical rainforest conversion into rubber plantations results in changes in soil fungal composition, but underling mechanisms of community assembly remain …

G Lan, Z Wu, C Yang, R Sun, B Chen, X Zhang - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Fungi play an important role in maintaining tropical forest diversity. However, little research
to date has examined the effects of forest conversion (from rainforest to rubber plantation) on …